Old Fashioned Recipe
Classic cocktail with bourbon, sugar, and bitters.
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Ingredients
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Cocktail Ingredients
Method
Preparation Steps
- 1
Muddle the Sugar
Place the sugar cube in an old fashioned glass. Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters onto the sugar cube. Muddle them together using a muddler or the back of a spoon until the sugar is dissolved.
- 2
Add Bourbon
Pour 2 oz of bourbon over the muddled sugar and bitters mixture.
- 3
Add Ice
Fill the glass with 3 large ice cubes. Stir gently to combine the ingredients.
- 4
Garnish
Express the oils from a strip of orange peel over the drink by holding it over the glass and giving it a gentle twist. Drop the peel into the glass as a garnish. Finally, add a maraschino cherry on top for an extra touch.